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ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Analysis of Circular Robot Jumping by Body Deformation
— As jumping is an effective method of moving over rough terrain, there is much interest in building robots that can jump, and deformation of a soft robot’s body is an effectiv...
Yoshinari Matsuyama, Shinichi Hirai
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Dribbling Control of Omnidirectional Soccer Robots
Abstract— This paper focuses on the dribbling control problem of an omnidirectional mobile robot. Because the movement of the dribbled object must be considered, dribbling contro...
Xiang Li, Maosen Wang, Andreas Zell
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Adaptive Visual Servoing by Simultaneous Camera Calibration
—Calibration techniques allow the estimation of the intrinsic parameters of a camera. This paper describes an adaptive visual servoing scheme which employs the visual data measur...
Jorge Pomares, François Chaumette, Fernando...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Visual Servoing in Non-Rigid Environments: A Space-Time Approach
— Most robotic vision algorithms are proposed by envisaging robots operating in structured environments where the world is assumed to be rigid. These algorithms fail to provide o...
D. Santosh, C. V. Jawahar
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Control Camera and Light Source Positions using Image Gradient Information
— In this paper, we propose an original approach to control camera position and/or lighting conditions in an environment using image gradient information. Our goal is to ensure a...
Éric Marchand
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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High-Stroke Motion Modelling and Voltage/Frequency Proportional Control of a Stick-Slip Microsystem
Abstract— A new control type for stick-slip microsystems is proposed in this paper: the voltage/frequency (U/f) proportional control. It gives a best resolution relatively to the...
Micky Rakotondrabe, Yassine Haddab, Philippe Lutz
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Design of a Pill-Sized 12-legged Endoscopic Capsule Robot
—In this paper we present the design of a swallowable (11mm diameter by 25mm long), 12-legged endoscopic capsule for locomotion in the lower gastro intestinal tract (large bowel)...
Marco Quirini, Robert J. Webster III, Arianna Menc...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Adaptive Trajectory Tracking Control of Skid-Steered Mobile Robots
— Skid-steered mobile robots have been widely used for terrain exploration and navigation. In this paper, we present an adaptive trajectory control design for a skid-steered whee...
Jingang Yi, Dezhen Song, Junjie Zhang, Zane Goodwi...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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On the Observability of Bearing-only SLAM
— In this paper we present an observability analysis for a mobile robot performing SLAM with a single monocular camera. The aim is to get a better understanding of the well known...
Teresa Vidal-Calleja, Mitch Bryson, Salah Sukkarie...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Output Feedback Control of Wind Display in a Virtual Environment
—This research focuses on development of a haptic system to create controlled air flow acting on a user in the Treadport virtual environment. The Treadport Active Wind Tunnel (TP...
Sandip D. Kulkarni, Mark A. Minor, Mark W. Deaver,...